The field of ______ studies the relative contributions of heredity and environment to behavioral and personality characteristics.

a. behavior genetics
b. evolutionary psychology
c. neuroscience
d. psychology


a. behavior genetics

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Identify the Supreme Court case that gave accused felons the right to appointed counsel only in capital cases

A) Argersinger v. Hamlin, 1972 B) Powell v. Alabama, 1932 C) Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963 D) Betts v. Brady, 1945

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The power of a court to resolve a dispute is:

a. Jurisdiction b. Territory c. Indirect control d. Discretion

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Inmate activities, which are non-physical in nature, may be supervised by other inmates.

a) True b) False

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Which of the following is not one of the “Ashwander Principles” of judicial restraint?

A. The Court will not formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than that required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied. B. The Court will not rule on the constitutionality of an act in a suit brought by a party who has benefited from the statute. C. The Court will not rule on the constitutionality of an act if there is a way to decide the dispute without ruling on the constitutional question. D. The Court will not anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it. E. The Court will not rule on the constitutionality of an act in a suit involving friendly, nonadversarial parties. F. None of these. All of these are contained in the “Ashwander Principles.”

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